RECON: TNO occultation with 01OQ108

Event between 01OQ108 and star GA0720:05717708 with event index number of 1068193

Geocentric closest approach at 2021/04/20 04:31:53 UTC

J2000 position of star is 15:50:42.9 -17:48:28
Equinox of date position of star is 15:51:56.2 -17:52:15
Stellar brightness G=16.4, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 120 degrees from the moon. Moon is 49% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.2

TNO is 45.9 AU from the Sun and 45.0 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 21.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 716 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 4097 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.6
Diameter=288.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 13.6 sec chord
Diameter=117.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 01OQ108, (2021/04/20 04:32UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:43.0 -26:28:39  0.9 12.43 131
8Bet1Sco       16:06:40.7 -19:51:43  2.6  4.02 124
46The Lib      15:55:02.5 -16:47:25  4.3  1.31 120
PPM 230811     15:51:05.6 -17:57:56  7.2  0.22 120
01OQ108        15:51:56.2 -17:52:15 16.4       120
Positions are for equinox of date

Azimuth is measured in degrees eastward from north. North is at an azimuth of 0, due East is at an azimuth of 90 degrees, due South is 180, and due West is 270.

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Star training set for 01OQ108, (2021/04/20 04:32UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 12.43 131
8Bet1Sco       16:05:26.2 -19:48:20  2.6  4.02 124
46The Lib      15:53:49.7 -16:43:43  4.3  1.31 120
PPM 230811     15:49:52.4 -17:54:07  7.2  0.22 120
01OQ108        15:50:42.9 -17:48:28 16.4       120
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/04/17 22:50:05 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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